P H I L I N E. 



Genus PIIILINE, Ascaimis. 



Testa spiralis, pateliifonnis, ovata, vel suhquadrata, alba, 



tenuis, spird ccetatd, anfractibus paucis, jmioribiis 



parvis, magna, late aperto. 

 Shell spiz-al, patelliforin, ovate or subquadrate, white, 



thin, spire concealed, whorls few, the earlier ones 



small, the last large, widely open. 

 Besides the PUline aperta of our ovm coasts, we 

 possess several small and very interesting species, such 

 as Ph. Catena, Ph. pminosa, and others well known to 

 British naturalists. It is difficult to distinguish by the 

 shells alone the large Australian species from the Medi- 

 terranean and British Ph. qimdripartita and Ph. aperta, 

 for the variations in form are repeated in each species. 

 Although the fourteen species now enumerated ex- 

 haust the list of those that are now known, there can 

 be no doubt that the number of existing species must 

 in reaUty be much greater that have not been brought 

 to light, owing to the concealment of the shell by the 

 animal intetruments. 



Species 1. (Mus. Brit.) 



Philine Pl.\nci.\na. Ph. tet-td ohUmfjA, siibqitadratd, 

 Imvigatd, lateribus rectiiiscidis, labia externa postice 

 subtruncato, supra medium stibcontracto. 

 Planche's PniLiXE. Shell oblong, subquadrate, smooth, 

 sides rather straight, outer lip posteriorly sub- 

 truncated, slightly contracted above the centre. 

 Philippi. Euum. Moll. Sic. i. p. 91. 

 Philine quadripartita 1 A. Adams, not Ascanias. 

 Hah. British Isles. Mediterranean. Philippines. 



The figure in Chemnitz referred to as the Philine 

 quadripartitn of Ascanias certainly represents the pre- 

 vailing form of the common British and Mediterranean 

 shell. 



Species 2. (Fig. a, b, c, Mus. Sowerliy.) 

 Philine apeiita. Ph. testa orato-rotundatd, alba, leviter 

 undatd; lateribus rotundatis, labio externa postice 

 October 



elevato, sahacuminato, suhcontracto, antice late sub- 

 emarginato, anfractu penultimo angustuto. 

 The open Philine. Shell ovately rounded, white, 

 lightly imdulated ; sides rounded, outer lip pos- 

 teriorly elevated, subacuminated, rather con- 

 tracted, anteriorly widely subemarginated, penul- 

 timate whorl narrow. 

 Bulla apeuta. Linnoeus. Systema Naturas. 

 Bidlcea quadripartita. Ascanias. 

 BulluBa Schro'tcri. Philippi. 

 Lobaria quadrilohata. Muller. 



Hah. Great Britain. Mediterranean. Cape of Good 

 Hope ? Philippines ? 

 This being the prevailing form of British and Medi- 

 terranean Philine, the original name ought to be re- 

 tained, rather than the new one adopted by Philippi. 



Species 3. (Mus. Sowerby.) 



Philine coreanica. Ph. iestd oblongd, rectiusculd, stib- 

 complanatd, pallidissime fulvd, postice angastiusculd, 

 lateribus rectiusadis, apcrturd postice siibcontractd, 

 vtrinque rotundatA. 



The Korean Philine. Shell oblong, rather straight, 

 rather flattened, very pale fawn, rather narrow 

 behind, sides rather straight, aperture contracted 

 posteriorly, rounded at both ends. 



A. Adams. Sowerby's Thesaurus ; species 139. Bulla, 

 fig. IC6. 



Hab. Korean Archipelago. 



Specii 



4. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Sowerby ; tig. c, Mus. Cum. 

 in Brit.) 

 Philine Angasii. Ph. testd magnd, ovato-suhquadratd 

 vel acuminatd, albd, spiraliter substriatd, concentr-ice 

 leviter undnlatd, aperturd laid, postice subquadratd, 

 elevatd ; anfractu penultimo elongato. 

 Angas's Philine. Shell large, ovately subquadrate, 

 or acuminated, white, spirally substriated, concen- 

 trically slightly undulated, aperture wide, poste- 



1870. 



